A paper retraction is a major, painful step in science, but sometimes it is necessary and in the past few weeks we’ve seen news of two high-profile stem cell paper retractions. However, these retractions were handled entirely differently by those involved and were prompted by very distinct situations. Update: for some background on stem cell manuscript retractions more generally see from Retraction Watch here and from this blog here. In the case of a JCI stem cell manuscript retracted by Dieter Egli’s lab, a central problem …Read More
Knoepfler lab stem cell blog
